Funding your Student Organization

The Student Organization Council (SOC) is a student-run group that is responsible for funding a section of student groups and enhancing leadership on campus. SOC funds new groups or groups with smaller annual budgets (generally less than $3000). Groups can request funding through SOC if they have been officially recognized by Student Activities and Leadership Programs and they are not getting SFC money directly. Please go to the SOC website for more information.

The Student Fee Committee (SFC) is a group of elected students that decides how student fees will be collected, used, and accounted for. They allocate money to many different areas of the University, however close to 50% go to fund student organizations and services. In order for a student organization to request money from the SFC, they must have been a recognized student organization through SALP and go through the budgeting process. Groups seeking funding go through an extensive budgeting process in fall and winter terms for the next fiscal year's budget. Please go to the SFC website for more information.

The Speakers Board is a student fee funded board composed of three students and three faculty members. The board considers requests from student organizations and academic departments that bring speakers of educational importance to PSU. An average request is typically in the range of $200-$1500. In order to accommodate as many requests as possible, the Board limits requests to $2000 per event. In addition, no one department or student organization will be allocated more than $3000 per academic year.

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A student group may do fundraisers or collect membership dues to bring in revenue. Groups that are directly funded by student fees generally account for this in their budget. New or SOC funded groups may ask for an "agency account" that they can deposit money into and use for group services and supplies.